Hosted breakfast or morning tea for a national campaign
- Raises money for a national charity
A supporter hosts a breakfast or morning tea at work or home and guests donate to a national campaign.
Typically raises
$600
$200–1,250 per eventest.
About $86 per organiser hour
Based on one host's breakfast or morning tea
Is it right for us?
- Money
- $500–2,000
- Work
- An afternoon
- Helpers
- 1–2 people
- Lead time
- 2–3 weeks
- Red tape
- None
Common: Biggest Morning Tea is a fixture in workplaces
- People
- 1-3
- Organiser time
- 4-10 (estimate)
- Lead time
- 2-4 weeks
- Up-front cost
- $0–$150. Food.
- Risk
- None.
How it works
The money, as an example sum
Take about $650, pay about $50 of costs, and you keep about $600 per event: the typical result for one host's breakfast or morning tea.
From the typical figure on this page. Your result will differ.
Where the money figure comes from
Breast Cancer Foundation NZ's Pink Ribbon Breakfast Club is for hosts committed to raising $1,250 or more, so that is the charity's high-performer bar. Low and typical are estimates.
Last checked October 2026. Ran this? Tell us what you raised and we’ll use real results to improve the figures.
Step by step
- Register with the campaign.
- Invite guests with a donation link.
- Host the event.
- Collect donations online.
- Thank guests.
Getting the word out
Even a well-run plan fails if nobody hears about it. There are two asks, and the first one goes out first.
- Ask for help
- Participants to sign up and collect sponsors.
- Ask people to buy
- Family, friends and workmates to sponsor them.
- When to start
- Ask for helpers first, as soon as the date is set. Start the public ask about 3–4 weeks out, and book newsletter and paper notices before that: small newsletters close early.
Where to put it
- School, club and church newslettersYour own newsletter is free and read by the families most likely to say yes. Check when it closes.
- PostersPosters at the school gate, the clubrooms and shop windows, with the date, place, price and how to pay.
- Local Facebook pages and community groupsPost in your town’s community page and local groups (check their rules), and share from your group’s own page.
- Email lists and group chatsYour members’ email list and the class, team or church group chats. Short, with one date or one link.
The full guide to getting the word out: every channel from flyers to the evening news, with lead times and costs.
What you’ll need
- Place
- Not neededNone needed
- Landowner’s permission
- Not needed
- Council permit
- Not needed
- Food rules
- Not neededNo food sold
- Alcohol
- Not neededNo alcohol sold
- Gambling rules
- Not neededNot gambling
Money goes to the national charity via its page. At home or work no permits are needed; councils may need a permit for food sales in public places.
Make more from it
Small raffle of a donated prize
$50-200 (estimate)
guests are already in a giving mood
$20-60 (estimate)
an easy add-on at the table
Stack it: on its own, about $600. With the 2 priced add-ons above, roughly
$800est.
What you can get donated
Food and venue.
Tips
- Use the charity's kit; it is free.
Watch out for
- Cash collected and not banked through the page.
Hosted breakfast or morning tea for a national campaign: checklist
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Money goes to the national charity via its page. At home or work no permits are needed; councils may need a permit for food sales in public places.
Also pairs with: Online donation page, Small raffle or quiz
* General fundraising information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Money figures are examples and estimates, not promises. Check current official requirements before you commit. About this guide